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Getting into the passenger seat of a 4x4

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Tea3 Sat 18-Sept-21 19:35:49

‘Bum height’! I think my bum is level with the door sill on my friend’s vehicle. Clearly there are lower slung 4x4s than the ones I’ve encountered Flexible Friend.

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Hellogirl1 Sat 18-Sept-21 19:35:04

My bum will never reach the seat, so bum first doesn`t work for me. If no step or stool available, I cling onto the side of the door, and after about 4 attempts, my leg just about gets high enough to get one foot inside. After that, the rest is easy.

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Blossoming Sat 18-Sept-21 19:27:48

I’m short. We’ve had two 4x4s and both had a step-up (a kind of built in ledge) and grab handles. I was OK getting in, but getting out I just had to slide off the seat and wait for my feet to hit the ground!

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FlexibleFriend Sat 18-Sept-21 19:27:23

No, I'm only 5'2" and disabled but have always found a 4x4 incredibly easy to get in to. Maybe it's the way your doing it. Basically the seat is pretty much bum height so stick your bum in first and swing your legs up.

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LauraNorder Sat 18-Sept-21 19:22:26

Eight inch heels ?

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Tea3 Sat 18-Sept-21 19:14:26

Thanks Josianne. I was thinking of something that could be folded/collapsed into the footwell of the passenger seat and that I can get in and out myself. I’m thinking something the size of a large tin on the end of a walking pole would be enough to break up the distance between road and footwell.

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Josianne Sat 18-Sept-21 19:07:07

Try a folding dog ramp?

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Tea3 Sat 18-Sept-21 19:02:04

Does anyone else struggle to clamber into high off the ground vehicles? I think they should be fitted with a let down step like the coaches in bygone days. I take a fold up step when travelling in my friend’s 4x4 ( if I can’t persuade her that I really don’t mind taking her in my little Peugeot) but then she has to get out of her seat to throw in the stool after me, and reverse the process when dropping me off. I’m thinking I could do with a small fold up step on the end of a telescopic pole that I can pull in after me, and fling out the door to open up into the step to help me get out. Does anyone know if something like this exists and is on the market?

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